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@@ -253,6 +253,10 @@ statement to the rule (for example, if the rule needs "the file
extension of the first input"), pass that through as an extra
variable, like how `cflags` is passed above.
+If the top-level Ninja file is specified as an output of any build
+statement and it is out of date, Ninja will rebuild and reload it
+before building the targets requested by the user.
+
The `phony` rule
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